TV Schedule

If you were watching the World Cup on television in Europe most of the games – with a few exceptions – kicked off daily at 14.00, 17.00 and 20.00. In the UK, Ireland and Portugal it was 13.00, 16.00 and 19.00 and on the East Coast of the US, such as New York and Miami, it was 08.00, 11.00 and 14.00.

Below is how the television schedules for the UK and USA shaped up.

UK TV schedule for 2018 World Cup
(times are for the UK):

BBC 2014 World Cup studio in Rio

Thursday, June 14

Russia v Saudi Arabia 4pm ITV

Friday, June 15

Egypt v Uruguay 1pm BBC

Morocco v Iran 4pm ITV

Portugal v Spain 7pm BBC

Saturday, June 16

France v Australia 11am BBC

Argentina v Iceland 2pm ITV

Denmark v Peru 5pm BBC

Croatia v Nigeria 8pm ITV

Sunday, June 17

Costa Rica v Serbia 1pm ITV

Germany v Mexico 4pm BBC

Brazil v Switzerland 7pm ITV

Monday, June 18

Sweden v South Korea 1pm ITV

Belgium v Panama 4pmBBC

Tunisia v England 7pm BBC

Tuesday, June 19

Colombia v Japan 1pm BBC

Poland v Senegal 4pm ITV

Russia v Egypt 7pm BBC

Wednesday, June 20

Portugal v Morocco 1pm BBC

Uruguay v Saudi Arabia 4pm BBC

Iran v Spain 7pm ITV

Thursday, June 21

Denmark v Australia 1pm ITV

France v Peru 4pm ITV

Argentina v Croatia 7pm BBC

Friday, June 22

Brazil v Costa Rica 1pm ITV

Nigeria v Iceland 4pm BBC

Serbia v Switzerland 7pm BBC

Saturday, June 23

Belgium v Tunisia 1pm BBC

South Korea v Mexico 4pm ITV

Germany v Sweden 7pm ITV

Sunday, June 24

England v Panama 1pm BBC

Japan v Senegal 4pm BBC

Poland v Colombia 7pm ITV

Monday, June 25

Saudi Arabia v Egypt 3pm ITV 4

Uruguay v Russia 3pm ITV 1

Iran v Portugal 7pm BBC 4

Spain v Morocco 7pm BBC 1

Tuesday, June 26

Denmark v France 3pm ITV 1

Australia v Peru 3pm ITV 4

Nigeria v Argentina 7pm BBC 1

Croatia v Iceland 7pm BBC 4

Wednesday, June 27

South Korea v Germany 3pm BBC 1

Mexico v Sweden 3pm BBC 2

Serbia v Brazil 7pm ITV 1

Switzerland v Costa Rica 7pm ITV 4

Thursday, June 28

Japan v Poland 3pm BBC 2

Colombia v Senegal 3pm BBC 1

Panama v Tunisia 7pm ITV 4

England v Belgium 7pm ITV 1

ITV, has the first pick in the last 16. The BBC will have the first two choices of quarter-final games, including England’s if they progress that far. Both the BBC and ITV will broadcast the final live from Moscow on Sunday, 15 July at 16:00.

Saturday, 30 June 2018

France x Argentina 3pm BBC

Uruguay x Portugal 7pm ITV

Sunday, 1 July 2018

Spain x Russia 3pm BBC

Croatia x Denmark 7pm ITV

Monday, 2 July 2018

Brazil x Mexico 3pm ITV

Belgium x Japan 7pm BBC

Tuesday, 3 July 2018

Sweden x Switzerland 3pm BBC

Colombia x England 7pm ITV

Friday, 6 July 2018

Quarter-final 1 – Match 57: Uruguay x France 3pm ITV

Quarter-final 2 – Match 58: Brazil x Belgium 7pm BBC

Saturday, 7 July 2018

Quarter-final 3 – Match 59: England x Sweden 3pm BBC

Quarter-final 4 – Match 60: Russia x Croatia 7pm ITV

Tuesday, 10 July 2018

Semi-final – Match 61: Belgium x France 7pm BBC

Wednesday, 11July 2018

Semi-final – Match 62: England x Croatia 7pm ITV

Saturday, 14 July 2018

Third and Fourth place play off 3pm ITV

Sunday, 15 July 2018

World Cup Final – Moscow 4pm BBC & ITV

USA TV schedule for 2018 World Cup

Fox Sport aired 38 games live on the broadcast network, more than the previous four World Cups combined and the most ever for an English-language network. In all, it aired more than 350 hours of programming. All 64 games were live-streamed via Fox Sports Go and Fox Soccer Match Pass. Both the opening game and the final screened on Fox, both live at 11 AM ET.

Telemundo and its cable network Universo broadcast all 64 games live in the US; 56 airing on Telemundo and eight on Universo, with Spanish language commentary.